General Science Questions

Plants that grow in Saline Water are called Halophytes.

Glucose stored in the form of glycogen in human bodies in the liver and muscles. Excess glycogen is stored as fat cells as liver can store a limited amount of glucose as glycogen.

Magnesium is dissolved in seawater at a concentration of about 1,000 parts per million and is the only metal directly extracted from seawater.

Fuse Wire is Made of an alloy of Tin and Lead.

If too high a current flows, the element rises to a higher temperature and either directly melts, or else melts a soldered joint within the fuse, opening the circuit. Thefuse element is made of an alloy of Tin and Lead to provide stable and predictable characteristics.

Vehicle skids are most likely to be caused by Driving too fast on slipping road.

Life originated by chemosynthesis was proved in the laboratory by Miller.

Cosmology is the scientific study of the large scale properties of the universe as a whole. It endeavors to use the scientific method to understand the origin, evolution and ultimate fate of the entire Universe.

Depending on the outcome of the observations, the theories will need to be abandoned, revised or extended to accommodate the data. The prevailing theory about the origin and evolution of our Universe is the so-called Big Bang theory.